2008 August 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Full Tilt’s FTOPS Main Event saw 4,880 people enter the $500+35 buy-in, $2,500,000 guaranteed finale, all chasing a first-place payday of $432,400. Several notables made it close to the final table, among them Daniel ‘B_O_K_E’ Bokesch…

A great Sunday night for online poker continued with two major events at PokerStars, the weekly Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up tourneys. In a rarity, the Warm-Up failed to reach its guarantee and thereby offered a small bonus overlay…

New online poker social networking site Poker Battle (www.pokerbattle.com) has announced an event-based premiere of its high-end poker community at upcoming events in Cannes, France and London. Poker Battle, which also features…

The tournament with the largest entry fee of FTOPS IX at Full Tilt was the two-day, deep-stacked NLHE Event #22, which attracted 942 players who each put up the $2,500+$120 buy-in. Notable finishers here included Tom ‘SBRounder’ West…

The Excalibur closed its 12-table poker room Sunday at midnight and will replace its live games with 12 automated poker tables.

The Excalibur poker room is the first Las Vegas casino to go high-tech by having a poker room that is entirely electronic.

The first-ever awards for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour have been announced, with the purpose of honoring the most exceptional people and performances during the EPT’s outstanding fourth season. Over the next month…